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tendrils ; leaflets 8-10 pairs, oblong-obtuse to lanceolate-linear and 

 linear, acute ; stipules large, semi-sagittate. Racemes one-sided, 

 rather dense, as long as leaves ; corolla blue to white, .02 long ; pod 

 glabrous, or somewhat hirsute — Summer — Top of Akherdagh, and 

 northward. 



19. V. Cracca, L. If Appressed-hairy, climbing, often 1 to 

 2 high. Leaflets 9-10 pairs, oblong to lanceolate and linear ; stipules 

 semi-sagittate, the upper lanceolate-linear. Racemes dense, many- 

 flowered, as long as leaf or longer ; corolla blue, .012 to .015 long, 

 Hade of standard as long as claw ; pod oblong ; hilus occupying one- 

 third of periphery of seed — June — Cassius to Aintab, Marash, and 

 northward. 



20. V. tenuifolia, Roth. If Appressed-hirsute ; stems rigid, 

 climbing, often 3-3 tall. Leaflets 9-10 pairs, lanceolate ; stip- 

 ules semi-hastate. Racemes many-flowered, longer than* leaf ; 

 corolla pale blue, .01 long, blade of standard twice as long as claw; 

 stalk of oblong-rhombic .025 long, .008 broad; pod shorter than calyx- 

 tube ; hilus occupying one-fourth to one-fifth of periphery of seed 

 — Spring and Summer — 



Var. stenopliylla, Boiss. Leaflets linear to linear-lanceo- 

 late. Racemes looser — Bushy places; common in mountain re- 

 gions. 



21. V. €a§sia, Boiss. © Glabrescent or sparingly hirtulous ; 

 stem tall, climbing, tender. Leaflets 6-7 pairs, rather remote, linear- 

 elliptical, .01 to .013 long, .003 to .005 broad, truncate or retuse ; 

 stipules minute, the lower stipitate, semi-sagittate, the upper lanceolate. 

 Racemes loose, 5-6-flowered, somewhat shorter than leaf ; pedicels 

 slender, as long as calyx-tube ; pods glabrous, stipitate, oblong-rhom- 

 bic, .025 long, .005 broad, tapering into a beak — June — Woods; 

 Cassius. 



22. V. calcarata, Desf. © ^Udeis. Jilbdn. Khdrig. .5 or 

 more, sparingly pubescent, ascending or erect, often rather rigid. Leaf- 

 lets 5-8 pairs, linear-oblong to linear, obtuse ; stipules small, semi- 

 hastate, 2-parted. Racemes shorter than leaf, 4-10-flowered ; corolla 

 pale violet ; pods short-stipitate, glabrous, flattened, oblong, .04. long, 

 .01 broad, beak short, curved — Spring — Fields. 



Var. ciuerea, Boiss. Appressed grey-hairy ; leaflets linear ; 

 flowers, pods and seeds smaller than in type — Damascus ; Gaza. 



23. V. varia, Host. © (D .3 to .5, appressed-hirsute, pros- 

 trate or climbing. Leaflets 6-8 pairs, linear-oblong to linear, obtuse or 

 acute. Racemes many-flowered, longer than leaf ; corolla violet, .015 

 long ; pods long-stipitate, oblong -rhombic^ .02 to .03 long, .008 to .01 

 broad, short-beaked — Spring — Coast. 



24. V. villosa, Roth. (2) .3to.5or more, villous, climb- 

 ing. Leaflets 0-10 pairs, linear to linear-oblong, obtuse or acute. 

 Racemes 8-10-flowered, longer than leaf ; corolla violet, .015 long ; 

 pods stipitate, oblong, .03 long, .01 broad, short-beaked — Coast. 

 D(jubtfully separated from last. 



Var. latifolia, Post. Leaflets oblong, the lower .005 broad — 

 Ground Gaza. 



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